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Category Archives: What we’re reading

Welcome to the latest edition of What We’re Reading, a collection of links we email to each other when we should probably be working or studying. This week comes with bonus mood music, an incredible protest anthem by the love of my life musician John Legend and featuring Common — Glory. So press play and settle in with your new reading material for this week.

The Toast gives us an awesome case study on how to write an article about a specific kind of racism when you are not of the oppressed race in question. Also of how to make an article funny and engaging for people on multiple levels.

This holiday season, it’s super difficult to find an apron with which to cook your family dinner that doesn’t reinforce weird gender roles. No, I don’t want a flirty apron or a domineering one. Can’t I just find one that keeps me from getting marinara sauce on my outfit?

From Barbie: “Oh, and then there’s the men’s “I like big buns” apron. Now you can focus on your grill without having to spend previous mental energy on sexual harassment – the apron does it all!”

I’m bored. You’re bored. Time to scour the internet for good reads in bed with my super-bright phone an inch from my face while I am in theory trying to sleep. Do as I say, not as I do. Anyway, here is what we’ve been reading and watching this week. Let us know what feminist articles / videos have been keeping you up at night in the comments below!

If there is such a thing. To ease your pain and sadness at the fact that tomorrow is Tuesday and the work week marches on, here are some articles we’ve been reading. Read, think, and be merry! And as always, we would love to hear what you’ve been reading in the comments below.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson answers a question about “genetic differences” as the reason so few women are in science…by talking about discrimination he’s experienced his whole life as a black boy and man. This is SO GOOD. – Kate

“So the next time you see something like this and you think that girls can’t code, just remember girls invented coding. And invented the tools that finally let softies like you play at being programmers. They did the heavy lifting so programming could be easy enough for noobs like you.”

Not-All-Man! Voice of the Voiceful! Defender of the Defended! from listen-tome.com

Welcome to another edition of What We’re Reading, our intermittent roundup of all the articles, videos, and images we shared with each other (and now with you!) this week. You are encouraged to share your own links in the comments. Bonus this week: a game!

Hellooooooo readers! Are you ready for another dose of the good and the bad of the microcosm of culture that is the internet? Well here we go, and make sure to share your thoughts and reading links in the comments below!

The creators over at the webcomic Strong Female Protagonist have broken the mold in a really great way by adding a very well written trigger warning to their upcoming chapter. We’re hoping that more webcomics will follow this trend when necessary!

In Pakistan, grassroots sex ed for rural girls is changing the game- the lessons even teach the girls about marital rape — a revolutionary idea in Pakistan, where forcing a spouse to have sex is not a crime.

Ethyl Waters, lesbian legend, Academy Award nominee, and BAMF extraordinaire. Note: This was going to be a picture of Brittney Griner, but 1)obvious, and 2) I’m sure y’all have things to do besides worship her magnificence.